Sarah Turney

And, you know, it's hard to know if it moved the case forward, but we know how these things work, right?

It's like the smallest piece of information leads to another piece, leads to another piece, and that can lead to a big clue sometimes.

Finally, in 2022, the case was officially turned over from the Orlando PD to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's cold case unit.

In October, 2025, Jennifer's father, Drew, posted on Facebook that they discovered DNA in her file that had never been tested.

which is hopeful news, especially considering that the previous efforts to test DNA didn't lead to any results.

Still, the family does believe that the most likely scenario is that Jennifer was abducted by one of the workers at her complex.

I feel like we see this in true crime all the time.

And again, going back to why it's so important to give these families these case files, it's a fresh set of eyes and they found something.

This is the exact proof of why these families need these case files.

Again, they don't have to be completely unredacted.

Redact what you need to, release what you can, and see what you can come up with.

Yeah, the carpet in the lake.

I mean, I don't know exactly the science of what happens to a carpet in a lake, but I imagine that, you know, the more time that passes, the less opportunity you have to collect things like DNA, any forensic evidence.

I think the part that keeps us all up at night wondering over and over again about these cases is those last final moments.

What changed?

Where did things go wrong?

Was there fear, pain?

Did they fight back?

We know that Jennifer Kesey woke up on Tuesday, January 24th, 2006, feeling hopeful for the future.

She got ready for work that day, did her hair and makeup, packed her brother's friend's phone in her bag to send back to him.